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Physicists set world record with 186Gbps network transfer

Discussion in 'TechSpot News and Comments' started by Rick, Dec 15, 2011.

  1. Rick TechSpot Staff

    Scientists at Caltech managed to squeeze 186Gbps of data through a fiber optic network link between Victoria, B.C and Seattle, WA. This achievement marks the highest speed transfer ever over…

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    Rick, Dec 15, 2011
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  2. Atham Newcomer, in training

    Yeah, I get 100Mbps. I am pretty sad about this. My internet hides from seeing this
    Atham, Dec 15, 2011
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  3. LNCPapa TS Special Forces

    I think my sig says it all...
    LNCPapa, Dec 15, 2011
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  4. Burty117 TechSpot Chancellor

    The woman in the video makes a bit of an error there. "equipped with solid state disks".

    Correct me if I'm wrong here, but doesn't SSD stand for solid state drive? If it was "disk" that would imply a spinning disk was being used?
    Burty117, Dec 15, 2011
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  5. Holyscrap Newcomer, in training

    well disk means something round, so if you make a round SSD you have your very own Solid State Disk, which you can then then load up with data and toss it to a neighbor like a Frisbee for ultra fast data transmission between you.

    P.S. sorry for that last thing, but i couldn't resist.
    Holyscrap, Dec 15, 2011
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  6. Guest

    "Correct me if I'm wrong here, but doesn't SSD stand for solid state drive? If it was "disk" that would imply a spinning disk was being used? "

    Even if you substitute Drive for the word disk (as in HDD), this is just a naming convention at this point, considering that the D for "Drive" refers to the spinning or 'driving' of the disks

    Just a thought
    Guest, Dec 15, 2011
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  7. Cota TechSpot Enthusiast

    Why do we keep using *bits/second? :( i mean bytes aren't always the same value of bits (...) but the standard byte for Computers is 8 bits = 1 byte
    Cota, Dec 16, 2011
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  8. Guest

    my Africa special 256 connection is suuuppeeerrr fast.



    lol
    Guest, Dec 16, 2011
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  9. darkzelda Newcomer, in training

    That's why I love physics....
    darkzelda, Dec 16, 2011
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  10. Guest

    How many megabytes are in a petabyte?
    Guest, Dec 17, 2011
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